Benchmark reveals 2021 installation
Reflection Station by Sophia Tang and Hans-Christian Buhl (sophie & hans) of Berlin, Germany is a new addition to the Ironwood Trail in Pinawa, Manito...
03-12-2021 21:42
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In Memoriam: Michael Miller
Photo Credit: Ryerson University
Canadian architect Michael Miller has passed away on October 19, 2021 due to a battle with cancer complicated by an i...
02-12-2021 22:06
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Winners of the Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction an
The Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction announced the winners for its 6th competition cycle. Canadian projects ?Off the Wall? and the Indigenou...
02-12-2021 22:06
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Editorial: Remembering Andrew Levitt
Andrew Levitt
This winter, the community at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, where I studied in the 1990s, is mourning influential P...
01-12-2021 22:01
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International architectural competition launches for new Mon
The Montreal Holocaust Museum (MHM) has announced the launch of an international architectural competition for the design of its new building on Sain...
30-11-2021 22:07
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Affleck de la Riva and Coarchitecture win Coeur-Nomade Libra
Affleck de la Riva Architects and Coarchitecture, in consortium, have won the competition for the Coeur-Nomade Library and Cultural Center to be built...
30-11-2021 22:07
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UQAM launches exhibition on Pier Luigi Nervi
Working toward the synthesis of art and construction science, art historian Nikolaus Pevsner described Nervi as “the most brilliant artist in reinfo...
30-11-2021 22:07
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Book Review: Falconi’s Tractor
Falconi?s Tractor, by Dave LeBlanc (Guernica Editions, 2019)
Canada has few architecture writers like Globe and Mail columnist Dave LeBlanc, whose ac...
30-11-2021 22:07
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Low Hammond Rowe Architecture and Perkins&Will win 2021
The 2021 International Passive House Awards has recognized projects by Canadian firm Low Hammond Rowe Architecture and Perkins+Will Architects as winn...
30-11-2021 22:07
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Bahá’í Temple of South America wins AIA International
Hariri Pontarini Architects has won a prestigious international award for the Bahá’í Temple of South America. The American Institute of Architects (...
30-11-2021 22:07
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École Val-Martin
WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERIT
There are grocery and big-box stores across Canada. Many that are centrally located are emptying ou...
29-11-2021 21:40
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Durham Modular Supportive Housing
WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
At a time where homelessness, along with the lack of affordable and transitional housing, is v...
29-11-2021 21:40
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UBC Gateway
WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
This building has a clarity in plan despite its multifaceted occupancy of public-facing, unive...
29-11-2021 21:40
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Announcing the 2021 Canadian Architect Award Winners
Durham Modular Supportive Housing, by Montgomery Sisam Architects, is the winner of a 2021 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence.
Canadian Architect ...
29-11-2021 21:40
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Cunard Street Live/Work/Grow
WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERIT
This building includes an open shared workspace downstairs, and a residential space upstairs, combi...
29-11-2021 21:40
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A Resilient Duplex for Fort Severn First Nation
WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
The issue of Indigenous housing is one of crisis where architecture and design can play a dire...
29-11-2021 21:40
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FARM
WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERIT
This project begins with a vernacular reference to Prairie silos, and transforms it into something ...
29-11-2021 21:40
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The Butterfly and FBC (First Baptist Church complex)
WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
How do we bring biophilic design into towers" This 57-storey building essentially eliminates i...
29-11-2021 21:40
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Western North York Community Centre
WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
There?s a clarity to the architecture of this large-scale recreation centre. The building is s...
29-11-2021 21:40
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Designing for Change: Jury Comments on the 2021 Canadian Arc
In some awards competitions, a group of submissions stands out clearly from the beginning. In others?including this year?s Canadian Architect Awards?a...
29-11-2021 21:40
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The Experience Chute, Quebec
Drawing on the existing character of the Parc de la Chute-Montmorency, the new Experience Chute installation showcases the park?s 83m high wa...
27-11-2021 21:42
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DIALOG announces merger with NXL Architects
DIALOG has announced its merger with NXL Architects into its science and technology practice. The practice includes the National Institute for Nanotec...
25-11-2021 21:44
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The CCA presents A Section of Now
A Section of Now: Social Norms and Rituals as Sites for Architectural Intervention. Banner.June-14 Meyer-Grohbru?gge & Sam Chermayeff, Triangular bed ...
23-11-2021 21:46
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Venice Biennale gets at ideas behind what, why and how we bu
Every year Canada is given a rare opportunity to present our best creative talent to the world. Each year are lucky to be one of only 30 permanent pav...
23-11-2021 21:46
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44 businesses announced as signatories to WorldGBC?s Net Zer
A coalition of business and government groups announced 26 climate action initiatives at Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day at COP26.
The ini...
22-11-2021 21:40
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Becoming Architects Canada launches live Minecraft design co
Becoming Architects Canada / Devenir architecte Canada (BAC-DAC) is hosting an architectural design jam on Minecraft, with cash prizes, December 17 â€...
19-11-2021 21:41
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TSA hosts Gingerbread City 2021
The Toronto Society of Architects (TSA)’s popular Gingerbread City has returned for a second year. The event invites architects, design students, an...
19-11-2021 21:41
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Shortlisted designs unveiled for LGBTQ2+ National Monument
The shortlisted design proposals for the LGBTQ2+ National Monument have been unveiled. The monument will be located in downtown Ottawa, at the interse...
19-11-2021 21:41
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Moriyama & Teshima Architects unveils the Canada Pavili
Moriyama & Teshima Architects announced the recent unveiling of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, for which the firm served as lead design a...
19-11-2021 21:41
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Teeple Architects announces opening of Calvin and Tina Tyler
Teeple Architects, in collaboration with GWWO Architects, announced the official opening of the Calvin and Tina Tyler Hall Student Services Centre at...
18-11-2021 21:46
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Winners announced for the 46th annual Heritage Toronto Award
The winners of the 2021 Heritage Toronto Awards were announced on October 18, 2021 during an online ceremony. In its 46th year, the Heritage Toronto A...
18-11-2021 21:46
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Vancouver Art Gallery receives $100 Million Gift from the Au
The Vancouver Art Gallery has received a CA$100 million gift from the Audain Foundation to support the creation of a new building in downtown Vancouve...
17-11-2021 21:39
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Winners announced for the 7th annual CanBIM Innovation Spotl
CanBIM announced the winners for the 2021 Innovation Spotlight Awards on October 27, 2021, as part of its second virtual awards presentation.
The orga...
15-11-2021 22:05
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The City of Hamilton announces the 2021 Urban Design and Arc
In celebration of design excellence in Hamilton over the past two years, the 2021 Urban Design and Architecture Awards held a virtual ceremony on Nove...
15-11-2021 22:05
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Quebec City architecture and stairway festival
Les radios ŕ roulettes and the ATO PRO collective, composed of Anabelle Tougas, Philippe Champagne and Adrien Larochelle, are showcasing Queb...
12-11-2021 22:13
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New map shows all Governor General award winners since 1982
The Atlas of Research on Exemplarity in Architecture and the Built Environment, in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts and the RAIC, pr...
11-11-2021 21:41
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Claude Cormier makes a $500,000 commitment to the Daniels Fa
Claude Cormier has made a $500,000 commitment to his alma mater, the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University ...
09-11-2021 21:44
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AFBC Architectural Awards of Excellence winners announced
The winners of the AFBC Architectural Awards of Excellence?the highest level of architectural awards in British Columbia?were announced on November 3,...
08-11-2021 21:41
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Intelligent City opens its first urban housing factory
After developing and commissioning robotic technology to provide turn-key homes, Intelligent City has begun building urban housing projects in the com...
05-11-2021 21:40
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Winners announced for the 2021 Markham Urban Design Excellen
The City of Markham honoured winners of the 2021 Markham Urban Design Excellence Awards at a markham.ca/DesignExcellenceAwards.
The post Winners annou...
04-11-2021 21:42
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International Union of Architects launches new sustainable d
The UIA, in partnership with UN-Habitat, launched the UIA 2030 Award to promote the work of architects contributing to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustaina...
04-11-2021 21:42
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Green business leaders call for industry action on buildings
The WorldGBC has published a new report, with the support of Dar Group and its member firms ? Integral Group, T.Y. Lin, Perkins&Will and Currie & Brow...
02-11-2021 21:42
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Measures of Diversity
In January 2021, workplace people and culture consultancy Framework Leadership conducted a survey on workplace culture, leadership and inclusion withi...
01-11-2021 21:39
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Book Reviews: Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin and Sick
Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century
By Matthew Soules. Princeton Architectural Press, 2021
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01-11-2021 21:39
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RAIC Journal: 2021 RAIC International Indigenous Architectur
The Symposium focused on Indigenous representation, narratives, and collaborations, with sessions related to two themes: Making Room for New Indigenou...
01-11-2021 21:39
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The RAIC and Museum Of Vancouver present Architecture and th
Beach Towers by CBK Van Norman
The RAIC and Museum Of Vancouver presents the first instalment of the new Architecture & the City series with guest spe...
01-11-2021 21:39
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Growing Together: GROW, Calgary, Alberta
Generous rooftop garden areas provide opportunities for urban agriculture and a verdant communal space for residents.
PROJECT GROW, Calgary, Alberta
A...
01-11-2021 21:39
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A Workplace Shines: Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage, Edmonto
PROJECT Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage, Edmonton, Alberta
ARCHITECT gh3*
PHOTOS gh3*
One of the few lazy diagonals in a hard-working grid-iron city, ...
01-11-2021 21:39
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Niagara Spectacle: Currents, Niagara Falls, Ontario
A multimedia show in a 100-year-old generator hall helps visitors to visualize the site?s history?as well as its possible futures. Photo courtesy Niag...
01-11-2021 21:39
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RAIC Journal: A Philosophical Approach to Block 2
At the centre of Block 2, the new Indigenous Peoples Space will be located on the sites of the former American Embassy and the CIBC Banking Hall. Phot...
01-11-2021 21:39
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East-West Connection
Curio House, designed by Shirley Shen?s firm Haeccity Studio Architecture, is a multi-generational home in Richmond, BC. The layout refers to the trad...
01-11-2021 21:39
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Book Review: Slow Disturbance?Infrastructural Mediation on t
The International Grenfell Association used many different media to document its work in creating infrastructure along the coast of Northern Labrador....
01-11-2021 21:39
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Call for submissions: 2022 RAIC Annual Awards
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) invites submissions for its portfolio of annual awards for 2022. This year, the prospective awards ...
29-10-2021 21:40
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Six shortlisted teams announced for the Waterfront ReConnect
The Bentway has announced the six shortlisted teams for the Waterfront ReConnect design competition, a collaboration with the City of Toronto, the Wat...
28-10-2021 21:40
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Stantec-designed Phase 1 of The Amazing Brentwood Opens in B
With the recent opening of Phase 1 at The Amazing Brentwood by SHAPE, leading global integrated design firm Stantec is proud to contribute to...
28-10-2021 21:40
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American Society of Architectural Illustrators to host virtu
The American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) is hosting an online conference that will take place from a virtual stage on the Toronto Isl...
26-10-2021 21:48
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New viewing deck opens at Peggy?s Cove
A 14,000 square foot viewing deck along the Peggy?s Cove coastline has recently opened. Designed by Omar Gandhi architects, the accessible public spac...
26-10-2021 21:48
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Barry Sampson: Teaching + Practice Book Talk
Former professor of architecture at the University of Toronto and notable architect, Barry Sampson, is launching a book that celebrates his life and w...
22-10-2021 21:44
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Perkins&Will reveals new vision for 800 Granville
Bonnis Properties and Perkins&Will’s plan to transform the 800-block of Granville Street, home to Commodore Ballroom and Orpheum Theatre in...
21-10-2021 21:40
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Ontario to make it easier for immigrants to work in their pr
TORONTO ? Ontario is set to introduce legislation that would make it easier for immigrants to get licensed to work in professions that match their ar...
21-10-2021 21:40
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Curated art exhibition explores issues of development and ci
City of Art III is a curated exhibition of artists who explore the issues of development and city planning through various mediums such as film, photo...
19-10-2021 21:43
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Dezeen teams up with Lemay to host a live panel discussion
Dezeen has teamed up with Lemay to host a live panel discussion on Canadian design on October 20th from 11-12 p.m.
The talk will be moderated by Dezee...
18-10-2021 21:43
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Julie Bargmann Wins Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International L
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) announced Julie Bargmann as the winner of the inaugural Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Landscape Architecture Prize...
15-10-2021 21:41
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Margolese Prize Winner to Present Work and Lead Panel Discus
The 2021 recipient of the Margolese National Design for Living Prize, will be honoured in an official presentation in Vancouver on October 22. Nina-Ma...
15-10-2021 21:41
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Calls for Venice Biennale 2023 Expressions of Interest
The Canada Council for the ArtsCanada Council for the Arts has issued a call for exhibition proposals for the country?s official representation at the...
14-10-2021 21:43
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DSAI Schematic Design for New Guelph Library Approved
The Guelph Public Library Board of Directors has approved the schematic design for the new central library designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects Diam...
14-10-2021 21:43
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Vancouver Report Proposes Major Densification of False Creek
The City of Vancouver has released a report calling for a major densification of Vancouver?s False Creek South. The proposal presented this week by st...
13-10-2021 21:43
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Toronto Investment Firm Takes Major Stake in Foster + Partne
London-based Foster + Partners has completed a strategic partnership with Hennick & Company, a Toronto-based private family investment firm.
The Henni...
13-10-2021 21:43
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Newmarket Approves PLANT Architect’s Mulock Park Proje
Town of Newmarket, Ontario, and is now in Schematic Design by ...
12-10-2021 21:44
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Urbanarium Presents Mixing Middle Competition
The Vancouver Urbanarium Society has launched a new competition to generate ideas fro mixed-use housing for the next generation. Following its earlier...
12-10-2021 21:44
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Wood Design & Building Awards Open for Submissions
The Wood Design & Building Awards program invites North American and International entries for 2021-22 ? honouring excellence in wood architecture. Th...
08-10-2021 21:38
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Humaniti Project Opens in Montreal
Humaniti, Montreal?s tallest mixed-use community, has opened at the crossroads of the International district, the Quartier des spectacles and Old Mont...
08-10-2021 21:38
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Ryerson Graduate Students Win New York Wildscaping Competiti
Ryerson University graduate students Nicola Caccavella, Kavita Garg, and Julianne Guevara have won top prize in the Manhattan Wildscaper drawing compe...
07-10-2021 21:43
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National Urban Design Awards Call for Submissions
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) ...
07-10-2021 21:43
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Call for Submissions for 2022 Governor General’s Medal
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts invite architects to participate in the competition for the 20...
06-10-2021 21:38
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Canada?s Top Heritage Conservation Projects Honoured
Canada?s finest examples of heritage conservation have been honoured in the 2021 Awards held by the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals. T...
06-10-2021 21:38
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05-10-2021 21:41
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Housing for Women by Women in Vancouver
The City of Vancouver Council has approved a new housing project to be developed, designed, and delivered by an entirely female team. The housing proj...
05-10-2021 21:41
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Why Ontario?s housing stock is not meeting today?s multigene
Over the Covid-19 pandemic, the fragility of ?traditional? housing has been exposed. The inability of assisted living and long-term care facilities to...
04-10-2021 21:43
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Aurora Armoury, Aurora, Ontario
A 147-year-old wooden ceiling crowns a new culinary-focused, park-adjacent community hub, created within Aurora?s former armoury building. Photo by Re...
01-10-2021 21:43
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Field Test: Future Buildings Laboratory, Concordia Universit
The Future Buildings Laboratory is currently enclosed with semi-transparent photovoltaic curtain walls and building integrated photovoltaic/thermal co...
01-10-2021 21:43
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Book Review: Everything Needs to Change?Architecture and the
Edited by Sofie Pelsmakers and Nick Newman (RIBA Publishing, 2021)
Over the last 18 months, we have all thought a lot about change: with Covid-19, wil...
01-10-2021 21:43
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Raising the Bar: Ken Soble Tower, Hamilton, Ontario
The Ken Soble Tower and Hamilton harbour. Photo by Codrin Talaba
PROJECT Ken Soble Tower, Hamilton, Ontario
ARCHITECT ERA Architects Inc.
As the effec...
01-10-2021 21:43
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Fuel Switching and Decarbonizing Building Operations
AED professionals are becoming increasingly adept at improving the energy performance of individual buildings. But meeting global carbon reduction tar...
01-10-2021 21:43
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Andrew Gruft Passes Away
Andrew Gruft, a prominent member of the Canadian architectural and cultural community, has died. Gruft, 84, was Professor Emeritus at the University o...
01-10-2021 21:43
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Book Review: Canadian Architecture?Evolving a Cultural Ident
By Leslie Jen (Figure 1 Press, 2021).
What is Canadian architecture" For author Leslie Jen, a former associate editor at Canadian Architect, there is ...
01-10-2021 21:43
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Book Review: GHETTO
By Henriquez Partners Architects and Wei Li (Blue Imprint, 2021).
Henriquez Partners Architects was one of several architects invited to exhibit their...
01-10-2021 21:43
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TRACES Opens at Expo 2020 Dubai
Co-designed by the Montreal-based architectural collective KANVA, the interactive installation TRACES opens in Dubai today as a major component of Can...
01-10-2021 21:43
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Innovation Hub: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) Site Ent
An image of the Site Entrance Building blends model and photograph, showing the accuracy inherent in working with an IPD process and prefabricated mas...
01-10-2021 21:43
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Orange Shirt Day March Today at UBC
The University of British Columbia is hosting a march today beginning outside the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre. The event is ...
30-09-2021 21:43
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Architect selected for TTO’s Mohawk Language Cultural
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Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na (TTO), a non-profit organization based inTyendinaga, Ontario, has selected the Indigenous Design Studio Indigenous Design...
30-09-2021 21:43
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International Architectural Competition for PHI Contemporary
The PHI Centre has launched an international architectural competition for the design of PHI Contemporary, a new cultural complex to be built in Old M...
29-09-2021 21:44
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29-09-2021 21:44
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Virtual Talk and Tour of Former Residential School Tonight
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Tonight (September 28) at 6pm EST, the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (SSAC) will host a free virtual event in collaboration with ...
28-09-2021 21:41
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Seven Grandfathers
The Seven Grandfather Teachings were first shared with Manasc by the late Elder Peter O?Chiese. Manasc was introduced to Elder O?Chiese by Diana Stein...
28-09-2021 21:41
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Resources for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
A still from the Indian Affairs film ?We Learn English? includes a modernist school building as a backdrop. Although residential schools are usually ...
28-09-2021 21:41
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UBC Names Nina-Marie Lister as 2021 Margolese Prize Winner
The University of British Columbia?s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture has named Nina-Marie Lister as the recipient of the 2021 Margol...
28-09-2021 21:41
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Oberlander Tribute to Take Place this Sunday
This Sunday, a tribute to Cornelia Oberlander, LMBCSLA, FCSLA, FASLA, CC, will take place in Vancouver, honouring the famed landscape architect who di...
27-09-2021 21:44
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Human-centered Design and the Future of Workplace
Whitelaw Twining, Vancouver. Photo by Heywood Chan
As we navigate the new normal of a hybrid workplace, global architecture, design, and planning firm...
27-09-2021 21:44
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MacBlo Building to be renamed Arthur Erickson Place
Vancouver?s historic national heritage landmark status for its construction technique of cast-in-place concrete, subtly tapered walls and deeply reces...
27-09-2021 21:44
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